Anastasia she/her or they/them

the thing is that there are lots of modest, tedious, repetitive tasks in many of our jobs and lives where we might be happy to pay a fee for an ethically developed standalone tool to do only that task. but we can’t have that because it won’t make people rich enough

Chadwick Boseman and James van der Beek both died in their 40s of an illness that's treatable if a colonoscopy catches it but almost no insurer covers them for people under 45, this is what Engels meant by "social murder"

If you're still on TikTok, you might want to re-think that

A follow for being awesome!

National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.

Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.

I really, REALLY wish we would just start making the human vaccine affordable enough that people could simply get vaccinated for it on a whatever-number of years-basis is needed. Rabies is HORRIFYING. Just seeing the word makes me physically sick to my stomach.

My condolences to you and your family.

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And it does need to be fairly quiet - I do have Zoom meetings, and cannot have a loud motor/humming sound

(I don't know why I try and number my posts, I never remember to keep it up).

Wants: the ability to do a little bit of incline. And I definitely want good quality - I'd rather pay a little more and get something that lasts, as opposed to buying something cheaper that ends up breaking a year down the road.

Also needs to be easily moved and stowed away, so it cannot weigh more than probably 50ish pounds. I need to be able to switch it out with my office chair when I want to stop walking and sit down. 2/

Looking for recommendations for a #WalkingPad that I can use under my stand/sit table where I work. Needs: able to slide fully under table, so any vertical components like arm rests have to be optional/be able to lay flat; 50" in length because I have a glass deskmat it will sit on top of. 1/

One of the best things the rest of the world could do right now, I think, is stop negotiating/talking to the entire administration. Just stop. At some point, you need to say "No, you can't have X" and be done. There is no point in arguing with spoiled children. You say No, and that's the end.

❤️ Love this

I would never suggest that anyone do anything unlawful - certainly not right here, in front of God and everybody. So remember the first rules of firearm and internet safety: Treat every gun like it’s loaded… and every poster who calls for crime a cop.

Statement on Ford Plant Visit from VP Laura Dickerson, Ford Department Director

🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.

This is making me miss my chiropractor (he retired and moved to Oregon while I was in Japan in 2019) because he was EXACTLY like yours. I have no doubt that he would have figured out what's causing my horrendous occipital headache migraine thingees and have it fixed by now.

two discord messages that read: "if you recently filled out a survey about Discord potentially getting involved with Al, change your password. That was an account grabber link." and "Well, apparently that survey I put was was not a real official Discord survey, despite the fact that Discord has used the website for surveys in the past. People are apparently getting hacked. If you took the survey, change your password, posthaste."

hey so this is blatant false information punishing people for doing the right thing. no, it was not a "grabber". it was a reputable survey site that discord has used previously for limited surveys.

nothing can """grab""" information if you dont provide it, which an anonymous survey didnt ask for.

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recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best. It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.

it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI

Love how she's wearing a cowboy hat so low on her head so she doesn't have to meet anyone's eyes

I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK

We need more than that, if we're being honest.

Oh, look, it's a picture of me!

Just a reminder that George Conway is not fundraising right now to run against a MAGA republican.

He is fundraising to run against progressive Democrats.

I've started working more on balance myself, so I feel you. I picked up one of the weird slack boards, and it actually does seem to work! I like that I can do it near a wall or chair to help with feeling safe.

Oh goodness, and auspicious card! Not at all expected, but most welcome. Thank you so much!

*raises hand*